COMPENSATION.

Effie. "But, dear Mamma, how can we help being selfish, Maud and I? You and Papa have always given way to us in everything! Unselfish Parents always make Selfish Children, you know—and vice versa!"

Maud. "Yes; and, according to that, Mummy darling, just think what nice Unselfish Grandchildren you'll have, if we ever Marry!"